Special Times with Special People

As most of you know, my siblings are both NGO workers toughing it out in unforgiving Sudan to make the world a better place or at least try to patch it together a bit till the answers come in. And lucky for Scott and I , they require regular R and R time every couple months, which makes for a great excuse to get together for some serious chillaxing. So we met Kendrah, Josh and Joshs friend Moustashio in Italia for a week and rented a charming villa in the country side with a private pool - sadly it rained most of the time, so the pool was a bit underutilized, but we really cant complain. Believe it or not this countryside holiday works out cheaper than staying in a campsite. We highly recommend it to anyone travelling in the area - a concept here called "agroturismo". See http://www.homelidays.com/

Because we are having some internet access problems, I have taken the liberty to cut and paste a delightful little story written by Kendrah and posted on her blog (see links) about the trip. Thanks dear. Enjoy.

Once upon a time there where 4 happy siblings who decided to go on a holiday in Italy.

The big (and wise) sister, knowing that the big brother and little sister would be weary from their hard work in far-away Africa booked a villa for the 4 travelers to rest their weary heads.

The villa was in the province of Umbria, a beautiful place that looks like this,

And this,

For the first few days, they did nothing but rest. Lots of this,

And this,

And this,

Now and then, they would run out of food and make a long walk into the nearest village,

To buy fantastic Italian food that looked like this,

And this,
And this,

And this,

Eventually, they decided that perhaps they should broaden their horizons and so they ventured off to the nearby cities to explore narrow streets,

Eat as much gelato as they could get away with each day,

Admire beautiful sites,

And ponder the lives of those who were in these places long ago.

Like St. Francis of Assisi who traveled these roads,

And wished peace and goodwill for this country.

When their time expired at the beautiful villa, the 4 rested siblings, decided to venture even further to the big city of Rome. They had heard great things of this renowned place and wanted to see it with their own eyes.
Here their eyes took in beautiful architecture,

And much ancient history.

They could not pass up the chance to visit a new country (to add to their list) while they were nearby, and so of course, they stopped in to visit Vatican City.

To their regret, they did not chance to see the pope, but they did visit some of the remarkable possessions within his city walls.

And their eyes took in more breathtaking artistry,

And ancient history.
And they couldn’t help but write home about it.

After all this, the siblings parted ways, sad to be divided, but content from the rich rest, fantastic food, superb sites and beneficial bonding time.

The End